Riverside News

An official at the Riverside Casino & Golf Resort said he is "really not concerned" about the four new casino applications the state will consider, including a proposal for Tama County.

Recently we've had the opportunity to enjoy an amazing number and richness of activities available in this community.

Posted on Nov 12, 2009 by Anna Lothson . The Riverside Veteran's Memorial Park was dedicated Wednesday.

Riverside's new veterans memorial will show others what Sgt. First Class Rob Weber says he has known for a while -- that it's a community that truly honors its service members.

Paul Neuzil spent most of his life working the land near Riverside and Hills, but his true passion was horses.

The city of Riverside is standing behind its claim that a 2005 agreement with Washington County in unconstitutional and the city owes the county nothing.

Open House at the Hills Community Center Sunday, October 25, 2009 10:00 am or after mass at St.

A boil order is in effect for the next two days in Riverside. The Washington County Communications Center says the order is in place due to some water problems they experienced overnight.

There's only 21 days left until Halloween. To make the most of those days, here's a list of spooktacular events in our area.

Riverside, Ia. - The Iowa Court of Appeals has reversed the conviction of a man accused of cheating at blackjack at a southeast Iowa casino.

Melissa Marie Wells and Sean Martin McCarthy were united in marriage in an Aug. 7, 2009, wedding ceremony at the Bellagio in Las Vegas.

Washington County is suing the city of Riverside, accusing the city of failing to pay $175,000 a year to offset the county's losses for using TIF bonds to help fund Riverside's infrastructure improvements.

Peter Kaboli, a hospitalist at the Iowa City VA Medical Center and a University of Iowa associate professor of internal medicine, was one of 150 doctors representing all 50 states who joined Obama on Monday at the White House Rose Garden.

Help us Celebrate Mary Huffman's 80th Birthday Join us for an Open House Where: St.

The city of Wellman Tuesday announced it received an additional $400,000 in grant funds from the USDA Rural Development agency to aid in the completion of the Parkside Activities Center and Sunrise Child Care facility.

The Iowa and Illinois departments of Transportation, in conjunction with the Federal Railroad Administration , have been evaluating specific alternative routes to establish passenger rail connections between Chicago and Iowa City.

The Environmental Assessment document is available for public review and comment through October 15, 2009. Copies of the report have been sent to local libraries along the corridor and is posted on this site.

Public Information Meeting

An open forum meeting will be held on Tuesday, September 29, 4 to 7 p.m. i wireless Center, Room D 1201 River Drive Moline, Illinois 61265-1303

The University of Iowa's Center for New Music will present chamber works by six Iowa composers at 7:30 p.m. Sunday at Riverside Recital Hall in Iowa City.

On Sept. 27, 1972 -- the day the University of Iowa's Hancher Auditorium opened -- the Press-Citizen Editorial Board wrote the following: 'The building, and the opening series of events, however, offer but a promise of what Hancher Auditorium can offer to this community and all of Eastern Iowa.

Planning a Hancher Auditorium replacement brings to mind driving my car into the building before it was completed in 1972 in the midst of a storied goldfish pond in the wetlands along a grossly underutilized Iowa River running through the heart of both campus and city.

Posted on Sep 11, 2009 in The Gazette. The boyhood home of famed astrophysicist James A. Van Allen has been moved to a vacant lot that preservationists want to transform into a one-block museum. The 147-year-old house was sold at an auction and donated to the Henry County Heritage Trust. The house now sits next to a vacant elementary school building that Van Allen attended.